The Board has determined that medical expenses reported after the death of the veteran's stepfather can be considered in determining eligibility for accrued benefits for the purpose of receiving reimbursement for last medical and burial expenses paid on behalf of the veteran's stepfather.
The deciding factor: Evidence showing recurring, predictable, and reasonably estimable medical expenses provided a sufficient basis to consider such expenses after death in determining eligibility for accrued benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0302568
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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